afstandopleren
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Since I don't know where to put this, I put it in the 'safe' place to be discussed and disgussed.
Anyways, so I've been slowplayed @ my Nats last year and I started wondering stuff like:
Why is it so that it's possible that when a player is well known for slow playing to victory can't be banned?
To be honest, I consider myself an honest player upholding the Spirit The Game wherever I can and I was very naive at that time. Needles to say when I encountered someone who actually did that, I was stunned and flabbergasted. Despite my knowledge of the rulings, there was too much fireworks in my brain ("This really isn't happening, no one can be that unfair....") going off that left me paralyzed of finding the best action or way to deal with the situation at hand.
Being the person who I am, I never seem to be able to translate what is on my mind into words when the situation needs words to be solved at that very moment. Despite that, I could not help wondering if there was more that could be done to prevent it from happening. That caused me to only be able to tell the Head Judge of the event AFTER the damage was done. The timing wasn't great as all the results had been processed and was told that I just should have gotten him to watch the match.
A very expectable response, but one that doesn't vibe with me. It's like putting the blame on the fair player who wasn't able to take 'responsibility' for the actions of his opponent. And having trust issues, trying to proof something that can't be proofed by words (and the people that are slowplaying obviously won't slow play when there is a Judge in the neighborhood), I wasn't sure if I was going to be believed by telling it to any Judge.
Despite the fireworks in my brain that made me leave Nats, I've still been in turmoil since that day about the people from the TCG, I studied myself and some of the moral aspects of the game. Now it wasn't just me that day that could prevent it from happening: It was everyone surrounding that slowplayer. Look at it like this: To keep the atmosphere good and fair, you have to be able to take note of the people playing next to you if you are able, and help by pointing out any serious rule breaking to the Judges.
A different scenario: Now what if a new player gets slowplayed at his first tournament, despite doing incredibly well.For the sake of the scenario: Like needs only 1 Win to get to the TC but his last opponent slowplayed him out of it. Is it really his fault for not knowing the concept of slowplaying, and therefor not being able to tell the Judge that his opponent is cheating? Why do the people around him not notice? Even if people notice what's going on, why doesn't anyone take responsibility by saying what's going on to a Judge?
Now chess clocks obviously aren't the way to go. In my opinion the only way for slow play to be dealt with is when everyone takes a piece of the responsibility cake and has the guts to tell the Judge about him, even if it's for someone else in the competitive environment.
Anyways, so I've been slowplayed @ my Nats last year and I started wondering stuff like:
Why is it so that it's possible that when a player is well known for slow playing to victory can't be banned?
To be honest, I consider myself an honest player upholding the Spirit The Game wherever I can and I was very naive at that time. Needles to say when I encountered someone who actually did that, I was stunned and flabbergasted. Despite my knowledge of the rulings, there was too much fireworks in my brain ("This really isn't happening, no one can be that unfair....") going off that left me paralyzed of finding the best action or way to deal with the situation at hand.
Being the person who I am, I never seem to be able to translate what is on my mind into words when the situation needs words to be solved at that very moment. Despite that, I could not help wondering if there was more that could be done to prevent it from happening. That caused me to only be able to tell the Head Judge of the event AFTER the damage was done. The timing wasn't great as all the results had been processed and was told that I just should have gotten him to watch the match.
A very expectable response, but one that doesn't vibe with me. It's like putting the blame on the fair player who wasn't able to take 'responsibility' for the actions of his opponent. And having trust issues, trying to proof something that can't be proofed by words (and the people that are slowplaying obviously won't slow play when there is a Judge in the neighborhood), I wasn't sure if I was going to be believed by telling it to any Judge.
Despite the fireworks in my brain that made me leave Nats, I've still been in turmoil since that day about the people from the TCG, I studied myself and some of the moral aspects of the game. Now it wasn't just me that day that could prevent it from happening: It was everyone surrounding that slowplayer. Look at it like this: To keep the atmosphere good and fair, you have to be able to take note of the people playing next to you if you are able, and help by pointing out any serious rule breaking to the Judges.
A different scenario: Now what if a new player gets slowplayed at his first tournament, despite doing incredibly well.For the sake of the scenario: Like needs only 1 Win to get to the TC but his last opponent slowplayed him out of it. Is it really his fault for not knowing the concept of slowplaying, and therefor not being able to tell the Judge that his opponent is cheating? Why do the people around him not notice? Even if people notice what's going on, why doesn't anyone take responsibility by saying what's going on to a Judge?
Now chess clocks obviously aren't the way to go. In my opinion the only way for slow play to be dealt with is when everyone takes a piece of the responsibility cake and has the guts to tell the Judge about him, even if it's for someone else in the competitive environment.